Hail, Dunn
- When
- July 10, 5:25 PM MST to 5:27 PM MST
- Where
- Dunn County, 1.67 mi NE of Halliday
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.370, -102.310
Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 2010
A weak mid level disturbance combined with increasing instability parameters along a surface cold front to trigger convection across portions of west and central North Dakota during the evening hours of Saturday, July 10th. Several reports of large hail were received.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.
A weak mid level disturbance combined with increasing instability parameters along a surface cold front to trigger convection across portions of west and central North Dakota during the evening hours of Saturday, July 10th.
Several reports of large hail were received.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dunn
- When
- July 10, 5:42 PM MST to 5:47 PM MST
- Where
- Dunn County, 0.47 mi W of Halliday
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 47.350, -102.340
Hail, Mercer
- When
- July 10, 6:45 PM CST to 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 0.69 mi N of Golden Vly
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.290, -102.070
Hail, Mercer
- When
- July 10, 6:53 PM CST to 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 0.69 mi N of Zap
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 47.290, -101.920
Hail, Mercer
- When
- July 10, 7:07 PM CST to 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 0.69 mi S of Beulah
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.260, -101.780
Hail, McLean
- When
- July 10, 9:16 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County, 0.83 mi NW of Underwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 47.460, -101.140
Hail, Burleigh
- When
- July 10, 9:46 PM CST to 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Burleigh County, 7.79 mi NE of Wilton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 47.260, -100.700
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, July 10, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 10, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 10, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 10, 2010
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 247230, 247232, 247234, 247238, 247242, 247244, 247248.